Greg Mohns dead at 62

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Greg Mohns, who earned Grey Cup rings in separate stints as an executive with the Toronto Argonauts, died Wednesday of throat cancer. He was 62.

Rita and Mohns worked together in the CFL with Toronto, the B.C. Lions and Memphis Mad Dogs. The two won a Grey Cup together in 2004 with the Argos when Rita was the club's general manager and Mohns its player-personnel director.

"He was my wingman, that's what he called himself," Rita said. "He was very loyal and he worked extremely hard. His worth ethic was unbelievable, he was very trustworthy and he was a good teammate.

"The trust between he and I was very very good, I knew where his heart was and over the years we became very good friends. But that never clouded his focus on getting personnel and evaluating people and what players to bring in."

Rita said as Mohns's health worsened, Rita took to writing emails to his friend because Mohns found it very difficult to speak on the phone.

"It's always very very sad when anyone passes on but the relief, not only for him but all of us, is he's in a good place now," Rita said. "Hopefully, down the road we'll be able to meet up again."